1. Georgia

The Georgian government is none too pleased about what’s happening in Ukraine, considering that it waged a five-day war with Russia over Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia in 2008. Russia is one of the few countries to have recognized South Ossetia, as well the separatist region of Abkhazia, as independent. It has also issued passports to people living there and argues that it has the right to use military force to protect Russian citizens abroad. Sound familiar?

Georgia’s Foreign Ministry issued a sharp statement on the situation in Ukraine.

Developments in Crimea, Ukraine, follows the pattern in which Russia launched its aggression in Georgia!

— MFAgovge (@MFA of Georgia)

2. Estonia

At the Russian embassy in Tallinn:

— anvarsamost (@Anvar Samost)

Official language: EstonianEthnic Russian population: 25%

As events in Crimea kicked off, around 200 Estonians showed up to protest in the capital of Tallinn. A few scuffles broke out between anti-war demonstrators and supporters of Russia.

The Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania — part of the European Union since 2004 — officially consider the Soviet era an illegal occupation. Russia loudly disagrees.

Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves convened the country’s National Defense Council in response to Russia’s actions.

I shall convene the National Defense Council tomorrow to discuss today's steps by Russia and the situation in Ukraine

— IlvesToomas (@toomas hendrik ilves)

Deeply concerned at the escalation of tensions in UKR. Russian parliament's decision threat to UKR's sovereignty and territorial integrity

— valismin (@Estonian MFA)

3. Latvia

Latvians also turned out to protest after Russia authorized the use of military force in Ukaine. The Latvian government called out Russia for pretending that the well-equipped soldiers in unmarked uniforms patrolling Crimea weren’t its troops. Pretty much what you’d expect from a country with an entire museum dedicated to chronicling Soviet oppression.

4. Lithuania

A protester in Lithuania, more photos from around the world here: http://t.co/3L3eIlFezY

— thinkprogress (@ThinkProgress)

Official language: LithuanianEthnic Russian population: 6%

Lithuanians protested outside the Russian Embassy with signs reading “Kill Your Inner Putin” and “Hands Off Ukraine.” Lithuania was the first country to break off from the Soviet Union. Moscow sent in tanks to crush their independence movement, so you can see why Lithuanians feel for Ukraine right now.

5. Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan isn’t a great place to speak up, especially if you’re a worker on strike, a journalist, or an opposition political activist. But a small protest took place in Almaty. The sign above shows Ukraine and Kazakhstan shaking hands and reads “For your and our freedom.”

Kazakhstan and Belarus are members of the Russian-backed Customs Union, a zone of influence Putin has used to channel the old Soviet empire and flip the EU the bird. But many ethnic Russians live in Kazakhstan and the government can’t be thrilled about the idea of Putin intervening to “protect” them at some point.

The government issued a carefully worded statement of concern without directly mentioning Russia.

6. Belarus

Alexander Lukashenko rules the country by channeling Joseph Stalin, and he’s actually said it’s better to be a dictator than to be gay. In February he declared, “There will be no Maidan in Belarus,” referring to the square occupied by the Ukrainian protest movement. After Russian troops occupied Crimea, police broke up an anti-war protest in front of the Russian Embassy in Minsk, arresting 21 people.

Like ethnic Ukrainians, Belarusians have close linguistic and cultural ties to Russia.

7. Moldova

Ukraine’s next-door neighbor Moldova really wants to be part of the EU. It’s gone so far as to name its foreign ministry the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration. But like Georgia, Moldova has a pesky breakaway region recognized and propped up by Russia. It’s called Transnistria. Russia has issued passports to residents and stationed troops there. You know the drill.

So Moldova’s government isn’t thrilled with what’s happening in Crimea right now.

8. Uzbekistan

Accused of boiling his opponents alive, Uzbek dictator Islam Karimov isn’t exactly top of the list when it comes to human rights. His totalitarian government has ordered lethal crackdowns on protesters and blocked websites like The New York Times. Its censors don’t seem to mind local platforms like Bamboo, an apparently state-sanctioned (and presumably monitored) version of Twitter.

Eight people in Uzbekistan were detained in January after demonstrating in support of the Ukrainian protest movement. But while Karimov is surely no fan of Ukraine’s new government, Uzbekistan released a brief statement expressing hope for “maximum restraint and wisdom” around the situation in Crimea. It doesn’t mention Russia.

9. Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan’s no stranger to revolution – it’s had two in the last decade, in 2005 and 2010. But the country is firmly in Moscow’s camp. About one in five Kyrgyz are working abroad, mostly in Russia, so President Almazbek Atambayev probably doesn’t want to cross Putin. In 2012, Kyrgyzstan extended Russia’s lease on an air base in exchange for a debt write-off. It didn’t renew the U.S. lease on the Manas Transit Center and may hand ownership of the facility to Russia.

Kyrgyzstan hasn’t commented on the situation in Crimea. It plans to join Moscow’s Customs Union.

10. Tajikistan

Tajikistan has the tallest flagpole in the world. It’s also the poorest country in the former Soviet Union, ruled by authoritarian President Emomali Rakhmon. By one estimate, as many as half of Tajikistan’s working-age men are migrant laborers in Russia and other countries. Moscow has used this as a lever to pressure Rakhmon, like the time Tajikistan jailed a Russian pilot and Russia responded by rounding up Tajik guest workers.

Tajikistan hasn’t made a statement about Russia’s military movements in Ukraine.

11. Turkmenistan

Human rights organizations slammed J.Lo for performing for Turkmenistan’s dictator last summer. The resource-rich country sells a lot of gas to Russia but has started to look beyond the Russian market. Most of its people are still impoverished.

That’s President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov waving from a sign in Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan. His government hasn’t commented.

12. Azerbaijan

Territorial integrity is a touchy subject for oil-rich Azerbaijan and its neighbor Armenia. The disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, which lies within Azerbaijan’s borders and is populated mostly by ethnic Armenians, declared itself independent after the breakup of the Soviet Union. Azerbaijan and Armenia fought a war over Nagorno-Karabakh, leaving an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 people dead before a 1994 ceasefire. Armenia won control of the enclave. Azerbaijan wants it back.

Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Ukraine stood up for the inviolability of Ukraine’s borders, but a Foreign Ministry official told EurasiaNet.org the country doesn’t want to ruffle feathers with Russia or the West by making a statement.

13. Armenia

Armenia has flirted with Europe, but at the end of the night it’s going home with Russia. Last fall, the country agreed to join the Customs Union led by Putin, ruling out signing an Association Agreement with the European Union. But it’s still trying to stay on good terms with the West.

After Russia intervened in Crimea, a small anti-war protest took place outside the Russian Embassy in Yerevan, the country’s capital. The police detained four people. Armenian activists released a statement condemning Russia’s “imperial ambitions.”

Armenia’s government hasn’t made a statement on Crimea.

Correction: This story originally mistakenly identified Bamboo as state-sponsored. It also mistakenly identified Moldovan as the official language of Moldova. It is Romanian.